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Kindle (2019 release) - With a Built-in Front Light - Black

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  • Purpose-built for reading with a 167 ppi glare-free display that reads like real paper, even in direct sunlight.
  • Adjustable brightness lets you read comfortably—indoors and outdoors, day and night.
  • A single battery charge lasts weeks, not hours.
  • 8 GB of storage means thousands of titles on hand all in a compact size.
  • Read distraction-free. Highlight passages, look up definitions, translate words, and adjust text size—without ever leaving the page.
  • With Kindle Unlimited, get unlimited access to over 2 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and more.
  • Enjoy audiobooks with Audible. Pair with Bluetooth headphones or speakers to switch seamlessly between reading and listening.

Meet Kindle, now with a built-in adjustable front light so you can read indoors and outdoors and at more times of day. Purpose-built for reading, Kindle features a glare-free touchscreen display that reads like real paper, even in direct sunlight.

Your reading experience, reimagined

Your reading experience, reimagined

Enjoy a new, intuitive, and easier Kindle reading experience with the latest software update. Now with easier access to your device Settings and a new bottom navigation to easily switch between Home, Library, or the book you are currently reading. Plus an alternative fast setup experience using the Kindle app on your phone. Learn more about the latest Kindle software update.

massive selection

Finding new stories has never been easier with Kindle. Enjoy access to Kindle Exclusive titles you won’t find anywhere else. Prime members have unlimited access to thousands of titles including eBooks, magazines, and more with Prime Reading. With Kindle Unlimited, get unlimited access to over 2 million titles, thousands of audiobooks, and more.

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Ratings 4.7 out of 5 stars (16,724) 4.7 out of 5 stars (51,768) 4.7 out of 5 stars (24,675) 4.2 out of 5 stars (5,642)
Display Size 6" glare-free 6.8" glare-free 6.8" glare-free 10.2" glare-free
Storage 16 GB 8 GB or 16 GB 32 GB 16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB
Resolution 300 ppi 300 ppi 300 ppi 300 ppi
Front light 4 LEDs 17 LEDs 17 LEDs 35 LEDs
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Wifi Connectivity Wifi Wifi Wifi WiFi
Color Black or Denim Black Black Tungsten
Warranty 1-year limited warranty 1-year limited warranty 1-year limited warranty 1-year limited warranty

Technical Details

Kindle (versión 2019)

Kindle (versión 2019)

Display

Amazon's 6” display with built-in light, 167ppi, optimized font technology, 16-level gray scale.

Size

6.3” x 4.5” x 0.34” ( 160 x 113 x 8.7 mm).

Weight

6.1 oz (174 g). Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process.

System Requirements

None; fully wireless and doesn't require a computer to download content.

On-Device Storage

8 GB; holds thousands of books.

Cloud Storage

Free cloud storage for all Amazon content.

Battery Life

A single charge lasts up to four (4) weeks, based on a half hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at 13. Battery life will vary based on light settings, wireless usage. Audible audiobook streaming over Bluetooth will reduce battery life.

Charge Time

Fully charges in approximately 4 hours from a 5W USB power adapter or computer via USB cable.

Wi-Fi Connectivity

Supports public and private Wi-Fi networks or hotspots that use 802.11b/g/n standards with support for WEP, WPA, and WPA2 security using password authentication or Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).

Accessibility Features

VoiceView screen reader, available over Bluetooth audio, provides spoken feedback allowing you to navigate your device and read books with text-to-speech (available in English only). Kindle also includes the ability to adjust font size, font face, line spacing and margins. Learn more about Accessibility for Kindle. Learn more about Accessibility for Kindle.

Content Formats Supported

Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP through conversion; Audible audio format (AAX).

Documentation

Learn more about Kindle devices with our Quick Start Guide and Kindle User Guide.

Warranty and Service

1-year limited warranty and service included. Optional 1-year, 2-year or 3-year Extended Warranty available for U.S customers sold separately. Use of Kindle is subject to the terms found here.

Included in the Box

Kindle, USB 2.0 charging cable and Quick Start Guide.

Generation

Kindle 10th Generation - 2019 release.

Software Security Updates

This device receives guaranteed software security updates until at least four years after the device is last available for purchase as a new unit on our websites. Learn more about these software security updates. If you already own a Kindle, visit Manage Your Content and Devices for information specific to your device.

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Customer reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars
4.6 out of 5
49,413 global ratings

Customers say

Customers like the readability and brightness of the Amazon Kindle. They mention that the screen is easily readable in all lights, and that they have no issues with reading without their glasses. They also like the weight. However, some customers have different opinions on size, ease of use, battery life, and quality.

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985 customers mention825 positive160 negative

Customers generally like the brightness of the product. They mention that the lighting is the biggest, and the screen itself is bright and clear. The backlight can be adjusted to read outdoors or in your bedroom in the dark, and it is easy to adjust the backlight, font size, and turn pages.

"...Considering that it now now has a front lit light, a touch screen, support for bluetooth audio (for audiobooks), it supports nearly everything most..." Read more

"...Pros:The backlight is great and it lets me read even later which I love...." Read more

"...compare against, being my first Kindle, nonetheless the screen itself is bright and clear, whites being a light gray, and blacks being… well, dark...." Read more

"...Its easy to adjust the backlight, font size and turn pages. I can do it all with one hand...." Read more

947 customers mention817 positive130 negative

Customers like the readability of the product. They mention that the screen is easily readable in all lights, the good reads feature is also neat, and they have no issues reading without their glasses. They appreciate the landscape mode and the option to display text in bold-face. Overall, customers are happy with the product's readability and recommend it to others.

"...The screen is truly anti-glare. I live in Alaska and it's summer so the sun is about 10ft away from me around 4pm. And still no glare...." Read more

"...When viewing some figures or texts, landscape mode makes reading more convenient...." Read more

"...The good reads feature is also neat and I've played around with it but now I just need to get some friends..." Read more

"...This is nice, it makes reading very easy and enjoyable and I'm actually starting to prefer it to holding certain types of books, especially the..." Read more

844 customers mention816 positive28 negative

Customers like the weight of the Amazon Kindle. They say it's lightweight enough to feel quite portable without appearing flimsy. Some say it is thin and wonderful for plane rides and going out in public.

"...So far I love this kindle. It's REALLY lightweight, which I appreciate. It's responsive...." Read more

"...The 10th gen Kindle has slimmer bezels , is smaller, lighter and so looks more modern in my opinion...." Read more

"...The screen size is pretty good and I do like that it fits well in my pocket but I there am anything to be done about the screen size like changing..." Read more

"...As far as the actual devices goes, it is a nice size, capable of shoving into a small pocket in a bag, and is easy for me to palm and hold in a..." Read more

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Customers are mixed about the quality of the Amazon Kindle. Some mention that the internet is good and they love the translation and Wikipedia features, while others say that it's useless and fails to do its job correctly. The DX is great for PDF and it'a incredible for visually impaired people. However, some say that the product is consistently poor and that the user interface is poorly engineered.

"...Also while reading you can look up words, which is a nice feature to have while reading more difficult texts and expanding your vocabulary...." Read more

"...The user interface was horrible and with no raised border I was always drifting a finger over the edge of the screen and fanning through the pages...." Read more

"...if you bought them physically, and with Prime Reading there are tons of free books...." Read more

"...That said, it will not last all day if one were intensively scrolling through hundreds of scanned medium resolution pdfs..." Read more

1,053 customers mention699 positive354 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the size of the Kindle. Some mention that it's convenient to take pretty much anywhere, and the screen size is pretty good. However, others say that it is too tiny, the screen is rather small, and that the fonts are much smaller.

"...Take it anywhere. It literally fits in most of my side pockets...." Read more

"...The screen size is pretty good and I do like that it fits well in my pocket but I there am anything to be done about the screen size like changing..." Read more

"...When I first opened the package, this 10th gen looks so tiny I am afraid it may be unusable, but the screen measures the same size (6") as my Kindle..." Read more

"...As far as the actual devices goes, it is a nice size, capable of shoving into a small pocket in a bag, and is easy for me to palm and hold in a..." Read more

1,039 customers mention595 positive444 negative

Customers are mixed about the battery life of the Kindle. Some mention that it no doubt has good battery life, while others say that it doesn't stay charged as long as it has been advertised, and that the battery works in a weird way.

"...The battery is incredible and can last me a week or two on one charge...." Read more

"...and removing the case to charge it and the truth is the battery works in such a weird way...." Read more

"...The battery life seems to be comparable and the best of the updates to the latest generation of the Paperwhite have been incorporated into this new..." Read more

"...But I will if it does happen again this week. Also the battery life isn’t very good either. Not like it says on the description...." Read more

1,015 customers mention554 positive461 negative

Customers are mixed about the ease of use of the Kindle. Some mention that it's easy to use and the battery life is amazing, while others say that it is not nearly as user friendly as old devices, difficult to navigate, and cumbersome to skip ahead.

"...Lastly a pro that has to be mentioned is that you can borrow library ebooks/audiobooks from the app libby, and send them to your kindle...." Read more

"...margins would lock in one axis once i lock it, because it seems to use more refreshes (and again battery) to scroll across one screen...." Read more

"...I think the sheer convenience of a Kindle is unmatched...." Read more

"...First, its screen touch event handling was buggy, often requiring 10 to 40 taps, and sometimes many hard thumb thumps to move to the next page...." Read more

Feels Like Home At Last (again)
5 Stars
Feels Like Home At Last (again)
I made the mistake of replacing my 2012 Paperwhite with the latest generation and every night I felt like throwing it into the wall and splintering it into a thousand pieces. The user interface was horrible and with no raised border I was always drifting a finger over the edge of the screen and fanning through the pages. I finally had enough and returned it for the basic Kindle.That reader arrived today and it feels just like home again. The basic Kindle has all the features of the 2012 model with the addition of being able to pinch to zoom the text. The "print" quality is just fine. I don't read any graphic novels, magazines, or newspapers on my Kindle so I don't need the higher resolution to be able to see illustrations in higher quality. The LED lighting is every bit as good as the original Paperwhite. The only feature I really appreciated on the latest generation Paperwhite was the ability to display the current time at the top of the screen. I am a late-night reader and having the time handy keeps me from reading until dawn. I know I can still crank my neck around to look at a clock, but it was a nice treat to be able to just glance at the top of the screen.The other advantage of the basic Kindle is during the initial setup, it syncs up your library and doesn't give you that two-part option of seeing you entire library or what has been downloaded to the reader.I read through the negative reviews and don't find a single one valid. I think that the folks that are experiencing low battery life are probably not putting it in the Airplane mode. The Paperwhite has a longer battery life but if it is not put in the Airplane mode it will die pretty fast as well.As far as the memory space goes, I had one of the very first Kindles with either 2 or 4 gigs of memory and even with my large library, I never got close to filling it. And by the way, if it does start getting too full, just remove the books you have already read. They will just revert back to the online Amazon cloud for storage and you can retrieve them anytime you want to read them again.The bottom line...this is a budget-friendly basic reader that has all the advantages of the Paperwhite with none of the aggregation. Maybe it's not waterproof, but having owned Kindles since they first came out, I have never once gotten one so wet that it caused a problem. Don't pay for more Ereader than you need.EDIT 5/15/2020 Two nights of reading on the basic Kindle reader and I don't notice any difference between it and the Gen 7 Paperwhite. The battery life seems to be comparable and the best of the updates to the latest generation of the Paperwhite have been incorporated into this new basic model. I don't notice any difference in the screen resolution. I guess if I had compared both with a magnifying glass it might be noticeable...who knows.It took hours to incorporate my library into the Paperwhite since there were two pages you had to flip between. One page displayed all the books in your library. If you wanted one of the books in your library you had to select it and then it would transfer over to the Downloaded page. The basic Kindle shows the library and if you click on a book it just downloads it and highlights it on the same page. Everything that has been completed shows up as Read.So far I haven't found a single thing that I dislike about the basic reader and it doesn't have a single thing on it I hated about the latest Paperwhite. If you feel like you just have to have a Paperwhite then I would suggest you search Amazon for the Gen 7 or Gen 8. If you can't find them there you can still get Gen 8 Paperwhites listed as in NEW condition from Ebay.UPDATE Aug. 3, 2020: My Kindle reader is still functioning perfectly and I still love it, however, over the last day or so the mysterious crack in the case seen in the photos has materialized. I can't figure how how it happened since the reader is constantly kept in the case and spends most of the time in a nightstand by the bed. I read it for a hour or more every evening and naturally connect it to the charger when needed. It has NEVER been dropped or handled roughly so I have absolutely no idea what caused the case to crack.Has anyone else experienced something like this with your reader?
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best purchases I've ever made.
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2022
I wanted to wait a while before I reviewed this, and it's been 5 months now.

I got very motivated to buy this when I was wanting to read more and was on a minimalist kick, but after I bought it, I started second guessing myself. I mean, I spent almost $100 on a device that will let me read books I still have to buy anyways?

But it's been almost half a year and I have come to absolutely love this thing. The battery is incredible and can last me a week or two on one charge. Thankfully, books are generally cheaper than if you bought them physically, and with Prime Reading there are tons of free books. There's plenty of storage, I doubt I'll ever have to worry about it. The only real setback is that it is very old technology still being implemented. It's not a digital screen, think of it like a calculator screen with way more pixels. So the responsiveness to touch is kinda slow. But for most of the time, it doesn't negatively effect your reading.

I was, for a while, beginning to think that I should just become a purist and only buy physical books. You won't get the same experience on a Kindle as you will with a physical book. There's no pages to turn, no colored cover to look at, no book smell. But I've come to learn that the quality of the text itself is the only thing that matters. You're not reading the feel, color, and smell of a book.

I think the sheer convenience of a Kindle is unmatched. For example, the picture above shows that I was reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I bought all of the Narnia books on Kindle in a bundle for $6 on sale. I have all of the Narnia books as one collective book physically, and it's gigantic. On the Kindle, they're all there, but it's just the Kindle. Take it anywhere. It literally fits in most of my side pockets.

If you can swing the money, I definitely recommend for avid readers who are seeking a more minimalist approach.
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